ATA College
For-profit College in Tulsa, OK. Six-year graduation rate 33%. Median 10-year earnings $40,823.
Students who entered ATA College reach a median of $40,823 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Only 33% finish within six years, so roughly two in three students leave without the credential they enrolled for. Graduates carry a median of $21,308 in debt — in line with the national norm.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 33% — below national average
Academics
A six-year graduation rate of 33% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. Retention is strong at 83%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. 50% of students transfer out, which reframes what the graduation rate above is measuring. The 30:1 student-faculty ratio is high, so large classes and limited faculty contact should be the expectation.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 178 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $25,951 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Income makes less difference than usual: $25,841 at $0–30k, $26,577 at $110k+. Grant aid reaches 77% of students at an average of $4,669. Borrowing is widespread: 86% take federal loans.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 53 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $25,841 |
| $30–48k | $25,778 |
| $48–75k | $28,626 |
| $75–110k | $26,577 |
| $110k+ | $26,577 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 153 of these 178 students, totalling $1,017,736 — an average of $6,652 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Tulsa County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
Heightened Cash Monitoring (Financial Responsibility); School placed on Heightened Cash Monitoring
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)